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Nebraska's Medical Waste Requirements and Regulations

We care about your business needs and ensure that we are in compliance with Federal and State of Nebraska regulations. Nebraska’s medical waste disposal regulations are managed by the Department of of Envirionmental Quality (DEQ).

Refer to the following guidance document on medical waste disposal in Nebraska. Complete details on state requirements can be found by contacting the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality.

Nebraska defines Infectious Waste as:
solid waste capable of causing an infectious disease. For waste to be deemed infectious, consideration will be given to these elements required in order for infection to occur: Tpresence of a pathogen or causative organism, of significant virulence, in an adequate dose, which is able to gain a portal of entry in a susceptible host.

Infectious waste includes, but is not limited to substances from the following classifications:

Blood, Blood Products and Body Fluids and any items contaminated with any of these fluids, if a pourable quantity (ability of a liquid or semi-solid form to drip or flow) is present.

Blood and blood products includes serum, plasma, and other blood components.

Infectious Sharps Waste discarded items from diagnosis, treatment, or immunization which can potentially transmit disease by breaking the human skin.

This includes: hypodermic needles, scalpels, razor blades, breakable glass containers, blood vials, culture dishes, used slides, glass products and broken glass or other sharp items that have come into contact with or have been contaminated by material considered infectious.

Laboratory Waste, including all cultures and stocks of infectious agents (specimen cultures from medical and pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks from research and industrial laboratories), wastes from the production of biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.

Stericycle

The information provided herein is an overview that contains selected highlights of the regulations. Be sure to refer to further information available at the website of your state’s regulatory authority for full details and requirements.
1) Founded in 1989.
2) Based on 2016 data.
3) Based on 2016 data, this includes RCRA and non-RCRA pharmaceutical waste.
4) Based on missed stops report for medical waste YTD through August 2017.
5) Based on June 2016 Commercial General Liability policy with a limit of $1M each occurrence.

* Valid for new service contracts only. Offer includes up to 3 Months FREE medical waste service and/or Steri•SafeSM Compliance Solutions. The maximum value of the 3 Month offer is limited to $3,000 and only applies with a 60 month term of agreement. The maximum value of the 2 Month offer is limited to $2,000 and only applies with a 48 month term of agreement. The maximum value of the 1 Month offer is limited to $1,000 and only applies with a 36 month term of agreement. Requires signed service agreement by 03/31/18 and activation of medical waste service and/or Steri•SafeSM Compliance Solutions account. Offer expires 03/31/18 and is valid for one-time use only. This special offer is nontransferable, cannot be applied across multiple locations, groups or national accounts. Offer cannot be combined with any other discount or special offer. Stericycle reserves the right to charge back to the customer’s account the dollar value of the offer if the medical waste service account is not active for at least 12 months.

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